Katy Caroan - Your Professional Reputation Coach

From limiting to instrumental beliefs

Katy Caroan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:19:48 +0000

Why do You do what You do? This simple question easily generates discomfort, frustration and astonishment. I found myself struggling with this before stumbling upon Simon Sinek’s great TED video on the topic. The video forced me to dive into my own set of [...]

When you do not know what you want professionally

Katy Caroan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:37:52 +0000

Sometimes my clients ask me: “How can I start acting if I don’t know what I want?” This seems like opposing principles until further investigation. When people are facing a professional decision of LEAP nature, it´s so easy to fall into procrastination mode and start using excuses for not taking action. I should [...]

Stop doing, start playing: Gamify your real life challenge!

Katy Caroan — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:49:46 +0000

Becoming visible online, communicating clearly to the wider network and positioning the personal brand by establishing authority within an area of expertise takes courage and an initial investment in time. Over the last 2 years, I’ve seen colleagues and clients get stuck in limiting thinking patterns when taking on LinkedIn. This pattern is disabling [...]

Are You an Opportunity Magnet?

Katy Caroan — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:22:56 +0000

To which degree are you attracting opportunities to grow professionally? Are you among those waiting for other people to step forward and ask you to act, or are you positioning yourself towards opportunities on short as well as long term?

Today’s social media tools enable us to listen to the market and communicate with potential [...]

What can you achieve when stretching yourself by 10 percent?

Katy Caroan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:53:18 +0000

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Alandica Conference on Entrepreneurship and Personal Development. One of the last, but most memorable speakers was the HR Director of the local bank, Tove Erikslund: “Every morning, I ask myself: What can I do today to stretch myself 10% beyond my current comfort zone?”

Many of [...]

Overwhelmed by inspirational TO DOs? Mindful decluttering time!

Katy Caroan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:35:52 +0000

When bringing the up the topic of decluttering, my friends and business acquaintences tend to associate the task to physical objects, such as archiving documents, re-arranging furniture or preparing for a garage sale. What I notice when listening to their daily challenges is a desire to move out of a state of overwhelm, originating [...]

Time to ask Yourself a powerful question

Katy Caroan — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:01:15 +0000

As a coach, my role is to ask powerful questions, to challenge and enable my clients to gain insights, learn and make vital decisions in their lives. The answers might be easy at hand…or require a longer period to emerge as a result of our dialogue.

One of my most effective questions is: “How [...]

Why Linking In matters for Boosting Your Personal Brand

Katy Caroan — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:58:48 +0000

The majority of my clients are using social media such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and some of them are starting to embrace Twitter and YouTube as well. When asked about their strategy and plan for using the tools as part of their pursuit of a new career or getting new clients to their business, [...]

“Name it, then claim it”

Katy Caroan — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:57:15 +0000

I’m half way through a conference on the topic of internet marketing and sales. It may sound like a traditional event where you get overwhelmed by powerpoint-slides and endless sales attempts from other attendees.

This one is different. I’m witnessing fabulous coaching of business owners who are willing to step up, but who need [...]

What makes other people remember Your idea among others?

Katy Caroan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:18:33 +0000

Just a few days ago, I was invited by a friend to an event hosted by a government sponsored organisation supporting upcoming entrepreneurs. The event marked “the grand finale” of a 6 weeks workshop, allowing entrepreneurs to present and sell their ideas to an audience in 5 minutes only, followed by 3 minutes feedback. [...]